TOLEDO, Ohio — Welltower (NYSE: WELL), the largest owner of seniors housing in the United States, has promoted Nikhil Chaudhri to executive vice president and chief investment officer and Ayesha Menon to executive vice president of wellness housing and development.
Chaudhri previously served as co-head of U.S. investments. Since joining Welltower eight years ago as an associate, he has led many of the company’s most complex transactions. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BSE in computer science engineering from the University of Michigan.
Menon drove the company’s wellness housing growth initiatives for the past four years as senior vice president. She joined Welltower from a subsidiary of Alphabet and had previously amassed significant experience in private equity real estate. She holds an MBA from Stanford University and a BSE in civil engineering from Princeton University.
Additionally, Swagat Banerjee was promoted to chief data officer after previously serving as senior vice president of data and insights. She led the rapid growth of Welltower’s data analytics platform over the past seven years, after previously acquiring two decades of data analytics experience. She holds an MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) and a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT).
Russ Simon was promoted to senior vice president and co-head of U.S. investments. He joined Welltower 12 years ago as an investment analyst and now leads the company’s investments in the medical office and seniors housing sectors. He earned an MBA with honors from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and a BBA degree with a minor in mathematics, also from the Ross School of Business.
Welltower’s investment leadership was further bolstered through the promotion of Andrew Cohen to co-head of U.S. investments. He joined Welltower five years ago as an associate and now leads investments in the wellness housing and seniors housing sectors. He holds a bachelor’s degree in human and organizational development with a minor in financial economics from Vanderbilt University.
Sharon Makowsky was promoted to deputy general counsel. She has led numerous transactions across the company over the past four years. Prior to joining Welltower, she acquired many years of experience in transaction law, several of which included Welltower as a client. She holds a J.D. from Northwestern University and a bachelor’s degree in economics and sociology from Brandeis University.
Lastly, Welltower promoted Krishna Soma, Matthew Carrus and Zac Stein. Soma and Carrus, members of the senior leadership team, were promoted to senior vice president and will continue to lead Welltower’s corporate finance and capital markets functions. Carrus joined the firm eight years ago as an associate, starting as a member of the investments team and subsequently joining the corporate finance, treasury and capital markets functions. Stein, who currently leads Welltower’s financial planning and analysis division, was named to the senior leadership team.